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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Sepia Saturday #174 Newspapers for Kids

Here's our prompt photo for this week's Sepia Saturday.

When I saw it, I immediately thought of a photograph of my daughter when she was about 10. We had taken a mini vacation to Long Beach, Ca (about 1 hour from our house) just to get away. I had some sort of coupon to stay at this ritzy hotel, so why not live it up?

This was Megan's first time having room service. She seems to be enjoying that waffle so much she got a little whipped cream on her nose. She's pretending to read the newspaper just for the photo. I guess to show how grown up she feels during her hotel experience.Now Megan is 38 and she doesn't read a newspaper (not that I know of anyway). She gets her information on line just like most 20 and 30 somethings. These "kids" will never know the joy of reading a real newspaper.But some clever inventor has come up with a way for kids to enjoy and understand a newspaper. This is an app which allows children to hold a smartphone over the newspaper to see a child-friendly version of the text.

Or maybe everyone will just grow up to be dummies like these:

Store window in Bilbao, Spain

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I still recall my first experience of room service when I was a child. It wasn't a fancy hotel by any means, but it was in the capital city, which we visited maybe once a year, and was pretty impressive to me. Bacon and eggs, toast and marmalade with butter balls all served on a silver tray and, of course, a newspaper ... which I wasn't too fussed with at the age of seven or eight, of course. Isn't it wonderful how other Sepians' posts stimulate our own memories?

What a charming picture of Megan! It is sad but true, not many young people read the paper anymore. Then again, because of technology, not many young people play outdoors anymore either, what a shame....

I suppose I was introduced to reading newspapers at the age of 11 when there were copies of selected papers in the school library. I don;t think I have seen any of my grandchildren with a newspaper - electronic gadgets rule their world. I'm disappointed to learn that the models' legs are dummies.

What a delightful picture of your daughter. Apparently my mother first detected that I was able to read when I started sounding out the newspaper headlines; I've had a fondness for them ever since. I wonder if Megan stiil enjoys reading the daily news with her morning waffle.